It’s not like we didn’t warn them. Charles Green, with his ‘blame it on bigotry’ and ‘Rangersitis’ nonsense was an even more transparent charlatan than wee Craig Whyte. Green moved in, fed them the nonsense they were oh so willing to swallow, and made off with their millions. All carried out in broad daylight.
The financial realities were self-evident from day one of Newco’s existence. For a while you had to wonder if any of vast number of fans, journalists and fan-journalists with computers had a spreadsheet between them. But, a more powerful force than Rangersitis had taken hold – vanity. The kind of vanity only those afflicted by a notion of supremacy are susceptible to.
Their club was liquidated, a newco was formed. It adopted Rangers’ name while the original club was still an SFA member (and granting permission for their players to turn out for was for the time known as ‘Sevco Scotland’.
Put yourself in their shoes for a moment. This isn’t an easy pill to swallow. Around these parts people invest the kind of sentiment in their football team which goes into nationalism elsewhere, occasionally causing wars. It’s a primitive but natural part of all of us, so perhaps we should have been more respectful of the feelings of others at the time. Cough.
If someone was able to chart the world’s Cognitive Dissonance harvest it would have been off the chart for the last two years, brought about when a degrading reality met a supremacists vanity. The subsequent scarcity of Armageddon (biff), Celtic’s flourishing Champions League action (bang), the new New Firm (whallop) were all late blows which none of the Jokers at Ibrox anticipated. Even Kilmarnock managed to sort themselves out without collapsing into administration.
Without the ability to accept credit or debit cards, or with the bank’s authority to allow fans to automatically renew season tickets, the signs are written as tall as Ibrox’ Club Deck. I can’t see more than a few thousand being prepared to throw their money into a landfill site.
Season ticket renewal deadline has been moved to a week before when next month’s wages are due. Right now the directors have a reasonable aspiration that tens of thousands of fans will renew but on 17 May, the day after the deadline, reality should crystallise. If there was a spread bet available, I’d put my money on administration in the days to follow.
Money talks, it don’t sing and dance and it don’t do walking away….
Yogi Bare – John Hughes fascinating autobiography, signed copies available below:
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79caps 16:08 on 27 April, 2014
“Amido signed for the future? If he’s not given a game now, when will he?”
Presumably we’ll see more of him next season.
neganon2
16:22 on 27 April, 2014
Snake I agree that’s a disgrace. But that doesn’t mean all no voters think like that.
Billy bhoy I asked you the same question. You said you looked forward to ridding Scotland of unionists after independence?
Not me….I don’t use that type of language…pls post copy
Pukki – just the man for a crisis
Teemu!
ML replaces AM
How lucky we are at FB
Izzy on form
AM and ML back in team
DF as back up and young JOHN HERRON able to fill in
I bet you were wondering when I would introduce the lad’s name
Pukki and Hendie on.
Harrym,
Wouldn’t need Yogi to tell me about the evil of Communists. People more personal than Yogi tell me. Your point is cheap. Yogiaanswered. Are you jealous?
Useful idiot?
Come on Celtic
Ease up as I have 4-0 in CQN predictor
LG cross wins corner
Corner cleared
aye ….I might be on a 24 hour delay ….but still cheeky ….braw …shooting boots are well polished …bet won …braw ….you have to love the Celtic …..braw
Pils = Tardis …. :)
LG shoots wide
ICT look on their knees now, Celts not letting up.
Snake Plissken
16:22 on 27 April, 2014
Ask him.
A failed nationalist project would result in the large lumpen, brainless, face painter element in the nat support, who see the world through the lense of identity politics, looking for someone to blame. There’s plenty of examples in history.
Griffiths hits one from 25 yards, well wide
Can’t see Amido being here next season – out on loan then goodbye – more cash down the Swannee
ICT thru and VVD makes less innocuous tackle that led to their penalty
Play on
In the midst of this most exiting game and the discussion of yes or no, I noticed
St Pat’s Coatbridge. I was there from “60 to “64. I think I remember Mr Oates too.
GG
I have Celtic at 4-0&5-0. Lookin good.
Griffiths 4-0 https://imgflip.com/gif/8esky
How many two footed challenges can Draper have!!
TBJ was right this morning..
Efe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ooo
ML cops a two footed tackle
Corner just
GOL EFE
Efe!!!!
EfeEfeEfe!
Onya Efe
Header from Commons cross
Efe should represent us in the Common wealth Games.
;o)
make that 6.
EFE hugs Neil and Johan
What about my hero John. Clark?
Onya Pukki
Pukki!!!
This is infectious – Pukki now !!!
6-0 PUKKI
Pukki
Unbelievable
Teeeeeeemu….
Give us 7…
Awe naw.
Low shot across the keeper from just inside the box
Snake
The Pukster!!!